One of the fabulous parts of going to Stampin’ Up! OnStage is swapping with fellow demonstrators. My sweet friend Pam Morris organized a swap with the team, which resulted in some awesome cards received. Today’s card is a Z-fold that I loved the layout and paper. So I recreated it with my own twist.

Paper

This beautiful paper is from the Garden Poetry Designer Series Paper. It is part of the Garden Poetry Suite, which also includes the stamp set used! These are OnLine Exclusives available now.

To have the DSP stand out, I opted to use a Basic White cardstock base. Then paired Shaded Spruce for the embossed and inside layers. Pool Party was the softer color and I used it for the focal layer. It has leaves stamped with the flowers and sentiment raised with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Stamps & Dies

All of the stamps and Dies are from the Paradise Garden Bundle, which is from the Garden Poetry Suite. I love the sweet sentiment that could be for a few different occasions, or no occasion! To give it a bit of a different shape helps it to stand out.

The flowers are stamped, as is the sentiment, using Strawberry Slush Ink. The flowers are actually attached to a stem with a matching Die. I cut them off of the stem and just added the flowers to the leaves I had stamped on the background. There is also a small version of the flower stamped on the inside.

Extras

To add additional texture to this card I embossed the front layer. This is the Paradise Garden Hybrid embossing folder. Normally I would say this is a great addition. But if you purchased the Bundle, then you have this as it is a Hybrid and is part of the bundle! It will emboss and also can have some of the leaves partially cut to add wonderful depth to the card. I did not do that however.

The Bling for today are from the Delightfully Decorative Dots. I chose small ones for the flower centers and then a larger one for the sentiment.

Measurements

The card base is cut 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 and scored at 2 1/8 & 4 1/4. All of the DSP is cut together to keep the continuous pattern, but not necessary. I started with a piece cut in landscape of 8 X 5 1/4. Then from the left edge cut 2 pieces that are 2 X 5 1/4 for the front and then the other for the inside of that fold. What is left is 4 X 5 1/4 and is for the inside back. Next the Shaded Spruce that is embossed measures 3 X 4 1/4, with the inside one measuring 2 1/2 X 4 1/4. And last the Pool Party measures 2 1/2 X 2 1/2 and is placed as a diamond.

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Jackie

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